Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
Tribe | Malaxideae |
Scientific name | Dienia ophrydis (J. König) Seidenfaden & Ormerod |
Synonyms | Anaphora liparioides Gagnepain; Crepidium ophrydis (J. König) M.A. Clements & D.L. Jones; Dienia congesta Lindley; Dienia curranii (Ames) M.A. Clements & D.L. Jones; Dienia fusca Lindley; Dienia latifolia (J.E. Smith) M.A. Clements & D.L. Jones; Dienia montana (Blume) M.A. Clements & D.L. Jones; Dienia volkensii (Schlechter) M.A. Clements; Epidendrum ophrydis J. König; Gastroglottis latifolia (J.E. Smith) Szlachetko; Gastroglottis montana Blume; Glossochilopsis carnosula (Rolfe ex Downie) Szlachetko & Margońska; Glossochilopsis finetii (Gagnepain) Szlachetko; Gyrostachys plantaginea (D. Don ex Sprengel) Kuntze; Liparis bernaysii (F. Müller) F.M. Bailey; Liparis krempfii Gagnepain; Liparis turfosa Gagnepain; Malaxis carnosula (Rolfe ex Downie) Seidenfaden & Smitinand; Malaxis congesta (Lindley) Deb; Malaxis curranii Ames; Malaxis finetii (Gagnepain) Tang & F.T. Wang; Malaxis kizanensis (Masamune) Hatsusima; Malaxis latifolia J.E. Smith, non Blume; Malaxis latifolia J.E. Smith var. fusca (Lindley) Ames; Malaxis latifolia J.E. Smith var. nana S.S. Ying; Malaxis ophrydis (J. König) Ormerod; Malaxis parvissima S.Y. Hu & Barretto; Malaxis plicata Roxburgh; Malaxis shuicai S. S. Ying; Malaxis vietnamensis T.B. Nguyen & D.H. Duong; Malaxis vlokensii (Schlechter) Fosberg & Sachet; Microstylis bernaysii F. Müller; Microstylis carnosula (Lindley) Rolfe ex Downie; Microstylis congesta Reichenbach f.; Microstylis congesta Reichenbach f. var. fusca (Lindley) Ridley; Microstylis dalatensis Guillaumin; Microstylis finetii Gagnepain; Microstylis fusca (Lindley) Reichenbach f.; Microstylis ishigakensis Ohwi; Microstylis kizanensis Masamune; Microstylis latifolia (J.E. Smith) J.J. Smith; Microstylis latifolia (J.E. Smith) J.J. Smith var. fusca (Lindley) J.J. Smith; Microstylis rheedii sensu Richenbach f.; Microstylis trilobulata Kurz; Neottia plantaginea D. Don; Spiranthes plantaginea (D. Don) Sprengel |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hozaki-hime-ran (ホザキヒメラン, 穂咲姫蘭 [meaning: inflorescense hime-lan (hime-ran means a small orchid which belongs genus Malaxis)]) |
(Chinese common name) wu er zhao lan (無耳沼蘭) | |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Okinawa |
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indochina, New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanca, Andaman Islands | |
Habitat | Forest streamside |
Chromosomal number | 2n=26, 42 |
Description | Leaves 4-5, 12-20cm long. Flowers inflorescences ca. 20-30cm long, yellow, green, brown or purple, lip ca. 2mm long, flowerting in October to November. Terrestrial. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Dienia ophrydis (J. Koenig) Ormerod & Seidenfaden |
Dienia ophrydis (J. Koenig) Seidenf. | |
Dienia ophrydis | |
Dienia ophrydis (J.König) Seidenf., 1997 | |
Malaxis latifolia Sm. | |
Malaxis latifolia Sm. | |
Taxonomic revision of Dienia (Malaxidinae, Orchidaceae) | |
Note | Photos below are those of an orchid which was cultivated by Mr. Yuichi Toda and displayed at the monthly meeting of Tokyo Wild Plants Society (Orchid and Lily Group) in Shintomi Kumin-kan. |
July 2011 at Shintomi Kumin-kan |
July 2011 at Shintomi Kumin-kan |
July 2011 at Shintomi Kumin-kan |
July 2011 at Shintomi Kumin-kan |